Muscle Science

Noted researcher and fitness expert Brad Schoenfeld recently completed a study in which he looked at the effects of light loads...

Which are better: free weight exercises or machine exercises? Aaron Shaner and colleagues investigated the effects of using a multi-joint free...

You may think that the reason you’re putting so much effort in at the gym is to increase your “yes” responses,...

If you pray for bigger biceps, skip the preacher curls. Sounds ironic, but that’s the advice from sports scientists at the...

We can all agree that hormonally women are more complicated than men. A recent study from Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany found...

Studying what types of exercises most effectively and efficiently elicit gains, Paulo Gentil and colleagues aimed to examine the effects of...

Is it optimal to perform full or partial range of motion (ROM) reps? In a study by Gerard McMahon and colleagues,...

Police and firefighters have a new reason to hit the gym: It saves their lives. New research shows that the number-one killer...

Are the digital sweets in Candy Crush making you gain weight? If you find yourself glued to your iPad well into...

Everyone knows that if you hit the weights, you need to sleep well. It also turns out that if you don’t...

A quick flirtation with failure before your main sets can unlock some hidden potential for muscle growth. A brand new study,...

Testosterone production naturally declines as men age, but a new study seems to show that another symptom of aging might be...

If your training split calls for “chest and forearms,” for God’s sake, do chest first. A study published in the Journal...

When it come to lifting weights, is more always better? That’s what a study published in The Journal of Strength &...

Aaron Shaner and colleagues investigated the effects of using a multi-joint free weight leg exercise versus a multi-joint machine leg exercise...